Beyond pure infrastructure, innovation remains at the heart of TransAqua’s strategy. The plant’s four-step feed bioreactor exemplifies this ethos: it removes harmful ammonia and phosphorus, transforms them into benign compounds, and enriches the effluent with oxygen to benefit downstream ecosystems and aquatic wildlife. Another trailblazing effort is the deployment of a closed-loop wastewater heat recovery system—the first municipal installation of its kind in Canada. Over its estimated 12-year payback period, this system is projected to reduce the biosolids process buildings heating and cooling energy consumption and GHG’s by up to 65 percent, directly supporting TransAqua’s ambitious goal to become carbon neutral by 2035. TransAqua commissioned a reclaim water system in January 2025 that reduced their potable water use by 300,000 litres (50 per cent) of their water consumption each day in the first quarter, saving TransAqua’s ratepayers over $80,000 in water fees. Sustainability extends to biosolids management, a program that has garnered widespread community engagement. Every year, TransAqua processes roughly 31,000 cubic meters of biosolids into CCME Class A compost (the highest quality in Canada) using specialized Gore technology. Just over half of this nutrient-rich material is collected for free by local residents for gardening and landscaping, while farmers claim the remainder under a regulated framework that meets strict environmental guidelines. “The farmers take every bit of approved compost that the local community doesn’t,” Kevin says, noting THE CONSTRUCTION SOURCE CANADA
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